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Pellicer off to a winning start as Malaga squeeze past Ponferradina
FRANK GAVURIN
Twenty-four years to the day after his debut as a player for the club, Malaga’s interim coach Sergio Pellicer got off to the best possible start with a narrow 1-0 win over Ponferradina. 1 Malaga Antoñín (2') 0 Ponferradina ... Tuesday’s was not a vintage performance by any means, but it will not matter one bit to the Valencian. While the last few minutes were edgy, the victory was ultimately deserved; Ponferradina’s only real chance came with seconds left on the clock, and still ... or misjudged final balls all too common. Antoñín, the goalscorer, was a notable culprit. But Ponferradina showed just as little guile and intensity in the second half as they did in the first, meaning Malaga’s job was fairly straightforward after they
